PARENTAL VARIABLES AND READING COMPREHENSION PERFORMANCE AMONG PRIMAY SCHOOL PUPILS IN UYO SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF AKWA IBOM STATE

Imeh W. Nkanor, Selina Ekpo

Abstract


This research centred on parental variables and reading comprehension performance of Primary school pupils in Uyo senatorial district of Akwa Ibom State. The purpose was to establish how parental variables; parental educational background and parental occupation influenced pupils reading comprehension. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated for this study. Ex-post facto research design was used in this study.  The population of the study consisted of 9,009 primary four pupils in Uyo senatorial district while 420 Primary four pupils were randomly chosen to participate in the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to draw sample for this study. Two research instruments were used for the study. Parental Variables Questionnaire (PVQ) and Reading Comprehension Performance Test (RCPT). The research experts from the Department of English, Early Childhood and Special Education and Department of Educational Foundations evaluated the instrument taking into consideration the curricula objective of study. Reliability coefficient of 0.76 and 0.67 for PVQ and RCPT were obtained respectively. These indicated high reliability of the instruments to measure what was intended to measure. The results showed that parents’ with high  educational background like PhD holders had a mean performance of 82.67 while those with NCE and first school leaving  certificate had a mean performance of 55.54 and in the research hypothesis one ,the significance lies in the PhD holding parents. Pupils whose parents had Professional Occupations had a mean performance score of 70.40 while Parents with lower income occupation had a mean performance score of 56.60. From the findings in this study, it was concluded that parental have significant influence on the reading comprehension performance of their children. It was recommended that parents should endeavor to allocate quality time to educational activities and parents should not allow their occupation affect their children’s education.

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Reading, Reading Comprehension, Parental Involvement, Parental Educational background, Parental occupation.

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